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PSU-LV students volunteer at Sixth Street Shelter in Allentown

Lehigh Valley sociology students help rehabilitate shelter apartments

After studying social stratification and the roots of the U.S. housing crisis, students in Penn State Lehigh Valley's introduction to sociology class elected to go to the Sixth Street Shelter in Allentown to help rehabilitate apartments. Students completed physical tasks including painting, cleaning, removing debris and minor repairs like clearing plumbing pipes to make the apartments move-in ready.